Hans von Obstfelder

Hans von Obstfelder (6 September 1886-20 December 1976) was a General der Infanterie of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Hans von Obstfelder was born on 6 September 1886 in Steinbach-Hallenberg, Thuringia, German Empire, and in 1906 he joined the Prussian Army as an ensign in the 32nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment. In 1933 he became a colonel in the Wehrmacht, and he was given the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his service in the Great Patriotic War with the Soviet Union. He led an army corps during Operation Overlord and fought in Operation Goodwood in 1944 against the United Kingdom. On 25 March 1945 he replaced Hans Felber as commander of the German 7th Army, and on 8 May 1945 he surrendered to the United States, being jailed until 1947. He died in 1976 in Wiesbaden.